Stanley Cup Final tickets to see the Canes sell out within hours, resale tickets available at $1,000

Tickets to see the Carolina Hurricanes play in the Stanley Cup Final sold out almost as soon as they went on sale Saturday afternoon.

Individual game tickets for the team’s home games at the Lenovo Center went on sale to the general public on Saturday at 3 p.m., and they sold out in hours.

Now only resale tickets are available, and Ticketmaster is showing the lowest cost options at more than $1,000.

The Hurricanes will face the Vegas Golden Knights, and the series opens Tuesday with Game 1 at Lenovo Center at 8 p.m. Game 2 is Thursday at Lenovo Center.

The teams will then travel to Las Vegas, where the Golden Knights will have home ice for Games 3 and 4 of the series. If the series continues after those first four games, the series could run until a Game 7 at Lenovo Center on Wednesday, June 17.

WRAL’s 5 On Your Side has an early look at what you should know if you're considering making the trip to Vegas as the Canes battle the Vegas Golden Knights for the Stanley Cup.

The Hurricanes earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a record of 53-22-7 (113 points). The Golden Knights earned the second seed in the West, capturing the Pacific Division title with a record of 39-26-17 (95 points). Carolina swept the Ottawa Senators in the first round and the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round, before defeating the Montreal Canadiens in five games to capture the Eastern Conference Championship.